The things you learn: Linnea

[pne]

I had always assumed that Linnea was an Irish name, presumably because I first became aware of it through ailbhe.

Today, I saw the name again and thought I'd look it up on Wikipedia to see where it comes from and, perhaps, what it means; apparently it's Swedish (and often spelled there with an acute accent: Linnéa) and comes from a flower which Linnaeus named after himself.

The things you learn!

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[arthur-sc-king.livejournal.com]

My wife's family is Swedish, and we're already well-acquainted with the name. Her eldest aunt is named Gunhild Linnea, she herself is named Linn (or Linn-Marie), and we gave our eldest daughter the name Mariann Linnea. (The "Mariann" is a morph of her two late grandmothers' names, Marie-anne and Marion.)